Hackers Used Meta’s AI Support Bot to Seize Instagram Accounts
2026-06-02T01:23:28Z•302c61999a02d2873913a6db2a8a208fabd3dc7c2fa41fc894e6da277df2cb33
AI social engineeringAWS GovCloudAdobeCanvasDDoSGitHub leakGoogle ChromeKimwolfMicrosoftRussiaScattered Spideraccount takeoveranti-DDoS abusearrestbotnetcredential leakdata breachdata extortioneducation sectorinfluence operationslaw enforcementpatch managementsecurity advisoriesserver seizurezero-day
What happened
A cluster of high-impact cybersecurity incidents reported by KrebsOnSecurity in Apr–Jun 2026: attackers tricked Meta’s AI support assistant to reset Instagram passwords and briefly deface high-profile accounts; a CISA contractor publicly leaked AWS GovCloud credentials and internal build/deploy files on GitHub prompting congressional inquiries; an extortion-driven breach of Canvas threatened data from ~275 million students and faculty; law enforcement seized ~800 servers in the Netherlands tied to Russian cyber operations and arrested related hosting co-owners; the alleged Kimwolf botnet bot‑m
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- Source ID
- krebs_on_security
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- 302c61999a02d2873913a6db2a8a208fabd3dc7c2fa41fc894e6da277df2cb33
- Enrichment time
- 2026-06-02T01:23:28Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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